A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
OLDBURY, a hamlet in Mancetter parish, Warwick; on the Coventry canal, adjacent to the Trent Valley railway, and near Watling-street, 2 miles S of Ather-stone. Real property, £1,026. Pop., 47. Houses, 9. Oldbury Hall is the seat of W. H. Bainbrigg, Esq. The name Oldbury alludes to the Roman station of Manduessedum on Watling-street.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Mancetter CP/AP Warwickshire AncC |
| Place: | Oldbury |
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